One of the most famous Ferrari racing car, driven also by Carrol Shelby will be auctioned this summer. The 1955 Ferrari 410 Sport Spider by Scaglietti will be offered at the RM Sotheby's event in Monterey, California, this August and Shelby isn't the only famous name who made a mark with the open-top car. The classically red car was also piloted by Formula One great Juan Manuel Fangio at the 1956 1000 km Buenos Aires race.
The historical Italian car brand Alfa Romeo celebrated its 112th birthday, bringing an F1 single-seater to Milan with Valtteri Bottas behind the wheel. The Finnish F1 drove in the streets of downtown Milan in the early morning hours, waking up the citizens with the sound of its engine (Ferrari power unit) and squealing tires. In a short video posted by Bottas on his Instagram account, we can see the F1 doing donuts on a closed section of a public road.
As reported by Associates Press, Italian luxury sportscar maker Ferrari announced last Thursday a new electrification strategy that calls for 40% full-electric vehicles and 40% hybrid models by 2030. CEO Benedetto Vigna confirmed the first electric car to be presented in 2025, with the first deliveries the following year. Now, just four Ferrari models, or 20% of the range, are hybrid cars. Its first hybrid model was the limited edition La Ferrari launched in 2013, capitalizing on F1 technology.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) claimed in Canada his sixth victory on this 2022 F1 season. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) arrived second. First podium for this season for Lewis Hamilton, third with his Mercedes. Perez did not complete the race. Fifth place for Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) who started last after changing the engine. Only seventh position for Alonso (Alpine), who started from the second place of the grid.
Waiting for the Ferrari next year, Toyota won the 24 Hours Le Mans in the classic endurance race for the fifth straight time, with the No. 8 car finishing ahead of No. 7. Hartley had clinched pole position and was at the wheel as Toyota Gazoo’s No. 8 completed the race in sunny, with teammates Buemi and Hirakawa watching from team box. Swiss driver Buemi has won the race 4 times while Hartley 3 times, and second for Toyota after his first victory with Porsche in 2017. Both had some F1 career.
Double disaster for the Ferrari team, with both cars forced to retire from the F1 race in Baku. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won easily. Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) took second. With no Ferrari in the sight, it marked Hamilton’s (Mercedes) best result as fourth since the opening grand prix in Bahrain, another afternoon though when he trailed Russell (Mercedes), again on the podium as third. Problems for the Ferrari partner cars also, with Zhou (Alfa Romeo) and Magnussen (Haas) both forced to retire.
The famous Ponder cars collection will be auctioned on September by RM Sotheby’s. As reported by “Forbes”, this is the second time for Gene Ponder - a Texan furniture entrepreneur- putting in auction his entire collection of 12o European sports cars. He did it in 2007 and then rebuilt his collection with even more rare cars.
Among them, in September will be possible to buy a deep-red 1967 Ferrari 330 GTC with the original engine, a 1935 MG PB Airline Coupe–one of only 14 models from the time period ever known to have been built–and a 1960 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster, which Ponder often entered in car shows and other events.
“I look at Charles Lecler, his driving, his talent but more than that, the passion…the passion the fans have for him and I keep thinking about Villeneuve and his greatness,” Mattia Binotto - principal of rhe F1 Ferrari team, told reporters last week. “It is something that I call essereFerrari - being Ferrari- is trying to enhance the might of the Cavallino. “There are only a few drivers who are capable of doing that and I think Charles is one of these, as was Gilles”.
Ferrari will face one of the most important challenge next week in Azerbaijan. They will need to reduce the gap and overtake again the Red Bull team.
The 2022 Bryan's Event was fantastic: a lot of Ferrari and many people attended the event and listened about the possibility to visit Italian cars museums.
Important appointment next Saturday June 4th in McLean for all Ferrari lovers and from DC, Maryland, Virginia area. From 9am -at 6930 Old Dominion DR- Circosta Ferrari will present many initiatives, like a race with radio controlled Ferrari models and a very comprehensive presentation about an Italian tour visiting the most iconic Italian cars’ museums. Reserve a seat, and come with your Ferrari for free admission. Security provided by the Fairfax County Police. Cash bar provided by J.Gilbert’s.
In Montecarlo rain, crashes, delays, and weird box strategies caused another loss to Ferrari during the Monaco F1 GP. Leclerc started first and arrived 4th, after a double pit stops in only few laps. Even the safety car first and the red flag after did not help the Monegasque driver to regain the lead of the race. Perez (Red Bull) won the game, Sainz (Ferrari) 2nd, Verstappen (Red Bull) 3rd. Now the gap between Verstappen and Leclerc is 9 points. The Dutch has 125 points, the Ferrari driver 116.
The so much awaited Ferrari Purosangue has recently been spied testing with twin-turbo V6 power, though Ferrari has confirmed naturally-aspirated V12 power. The platform on which the Purosangue is based can also take hybrid assistance, which is only natural given the increasingly draconic emission standards in Europe and the U.S. The Ferrari Purosangue SUV will be unveiled this year and go on sale in the U.S. in 2023. The Purosangue’s price could reach around the $350,000 in the United States.
Following many cars magazines, Ferrari FUV announcement and official presentation will take place in the middle of June 2022.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won a full of emotions 2022 F1 Spanish Grand Prix as pole leader Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) retired from the race while leading by a lot. Sergio Perez took second place to secure Red Bull’s second one-two of the season, as George Russell (Mercedes) finished third for Mercedes, having been involved in an epic duel with Verstappen for many laps. Driver of the day Hamilton (Mercedes) finished 5th, right after Sainz.
Hamilton was involved in an accident during the start, forced to stop and to restart from the 19th position.
or the next GP in Barcellona, Ferrari team is working on making some changes. The team is trying to make the car lighter. The new package will save two to three kilograms in weight, saving at least 700 grams through a modification to its paint, that being removing the clearcoat layer that “gives the red the sheen we see today”, as the team manager Mattia Binotto well explained last week. Overweight problem is a general issue this year among all the teams giving the new shapes rules.
Volkswagen group with Audi and Porsche just announced the intention to join F1 competitions through two different paths. Porsche is considering providing power units to Red Bull. Porsche’s plans, while officially unannounced, are “quite concrete,” as said from parent-group Volkswagen AG’s chief executive officer, Herbert Diess. Audi’s plans are less advanced, though progressing, Diess said. Audi may offer around $556.3 million to acquire McLaren as a means to enter, according to some reports.
The first talks did not go smoothly since McLaren stressed its willing to not seeing its brand cancelled. The Volkswagen officers though seem really focused on this operation.
This one-of-a-kind automobile was built through the Italian automaker's Special Projects program for a long time client, who worked on creating this unique and solo car with the Maranello specialists. Ferrari's SP48 Unica is an exquisite one-off based on the F8 Tributo. Along with the taut lines and aggressive stance, the iridescent orange supercar also borrows the F8's twin-turbocharged V-8 engine and likely produces the same 710 hp and 568 ft-lbs of torque.
The car's signature is there is no rear window. Thanks to that, the car seems literally build in one block of powerful and seamless red. There are no information about the price that this special client paid.
In a three days full of celebrities, events and concerts, Miami celebrated its first F1 GP. Verstappen (Red Bull) conquered the first place, being able to pass Sainz (Ferrari) right after the start and to reach and pass Leclerc (Ferrari) started in pole position and then finished second. Heat and humidity characterized the race as the accident between Gasly (Alpha Tauri) and Norris (McLaren), forcing the British to retire. In the general standing the Ferrari driver Leclerc is still leading.
In two weeks appointment in Barcelona, for the Spain F1 GP.
Ferrari is ready to break another record in the auction history. It took just few days for a LaFerrari aperta to reach the the bidding price of $4,690,000. Auction will last few more days, until May 9th, on the website “Bring a Trailer”. Given the numbers the car is already guaranteed to be the most expensive car in the Bring the trailer’s history, easily surpassing the $2.8 million re-war Mercedes sold last month. The car has been listed by a private owner, the odometer is less than 200 miles.
Miami F1 race on Mother’s day weekend will be one of the fastest of this year calendar and the fastest after the first four races. All the teams are working on new cars’ solutions. Ferrari announced they will have new downforce solution and better rear view mirrors. Team principal Binotto stated: “This is a high-speed circuit compared to the ones we have had so far so certainly in terms of downforce, we will run something different compared to what we had.
We will adapt our car in terms of downforce levels, which is important. We are still working on the porpoising which is still quite visible we’ve got it, certainly more than the one of Red Bull and in there, there’s still some performance potential that we need to try and get”.
A golden weekend for Red Bull with Verstappen and Perez, a very different ending from what expected for Ferrari with Leclerc and Sainz. The “made in Italy” F1 GP in Imola (only 55 miles away from Maranello) has been dominated during the sprint race on Saturday and the Sunday race by Verstappen. Ferrari instead suffered from some bad luck. On Sunday Sainz was pushed out and forced to retire right after the start.
At the very end of the race Leclerc spun out the car trying to catch the second position after a bad start. He finished 6th. Third place for Norris (McLaren). Fourth position for George Russel (Mercedes).
Ferrari has decided to recall approximately 10,000 cars, 458 and 488 variants. built between 2009 and 2019 for a potential brake fluid leak which, like most such defects, can lead to a "low brake fluid" warning or partial to complete loss of braking power if not remedied. "The Ferrari 458 and 488 model vehicles are no longer in production, and subsequent Ferrari models do not use the same brake master cylinder/brake booster component," the company added.
Ferrari announced two models for this 2022 during his annual shareholders' meeting this week during which Chief Executive Officer Benedetto Vigna spoke confidently about the company goals. One of the two models is a convertible version of the 296 GTB we'll see this week and the other is the firm's first SUV. The Purosangue doesn't have an exact reveal date, but Maranello's CEO said the official premiere will take place "in the coming months”.
Also the first Ferrari without a combustion engine is coming sooner than expected. Now the company said it the EV has been moved forward and is now due in 2025.
It was named after Enzo Ferrari’s son. The Ferrari Dino 206 GT came out in 1967, and eventually gave way to the 246 GT and GTS in ‘69. Up for auction soon on RM Sotheby’s is a pristine 1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS. The odometer displays less than 39,000 miles, with less than 7,000 since 1989. There is no reserve on the car and it is scheduled to go under the hammer as part of RM Sotheby’s Grimaldi Forum auction in Monaco, Montecarlo on May 14. Price could hit $400.000.
Leclerc (Ferrari) took grand slam in the Aussie F1 GP winning the race, after conquering the pole on Saturday, leading every lap, scoring fastest lap and stretching his first position in the Championship standing with a huge amount of points from the second, Russell (Mercedes). First podium for Mercedes' Russell, 2nd place to Perez (Red Bull), 4th Hamilton (Mercedes). Not a great day for Verstappen (Red Bull) forced to stop with the engine on fire, and for Sainz (Ferrari), out after few laps.
The 1967 275 GTB/4 on auction for Mecum in Glendale beats every other offer and car during the recent Arizona event. The silver car came complete with all documentation and tooling that it left the factory with. It's not 100% original, since some restoration was made earlier in 2022. The car has also been retrofitted with a hidden air conditioning system. But it was raced at the Montreux Grand Prix in 2006, achieving third place.
As a result of its rich history and pristine condition, the classic Ferrari has been sold for an impressive $3.03 million. That made it the most expensive car sold during weekend.
The limited-edition Ferrari Daytona SP3 was awarded by Red Dot: Best of The Best 2022, the prestigious title from the car design industry. The Ferrari Daytona SP3 car was created to celebrate when three Ferrari sports racers crossed the finish line side-by-side at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1967. During this last Red Dot edition Ferrari collected awards also for the 812 Competizione, 812 Competizione A and 296 GTB.
Between 2015 and 2022 Ferrari have won a total of 23 awards something no other car manufacturer has come close to achieving in the award’s 68-year history.
The return of F1 in Las Vegas in 2023, 40 years later the double appointment in 1981 and 1982, is set to mark some records. Rather than the traditional Sunday viewing, the 50-lap race will be on Saturday night (or Sunday morning in Europe). The 3.8-mile circuit will feature 14 corners and could become the third-longest on the calendar behind Spa and Jeddah. And also one of the fastest if not the fastest ever.
“There’s no better place for Formula 1 to race than in the global entertainment capital of the world, and we cannot wait to be here next year,” F1 President and CEO Stefano Domenicali said. It’s still not sure what weekend of November 2023 F1 will pick for the Las Vegas race, but someone is betting on the Thanksgiving one.
F1 just confirmed a third race in USA starting from 2023. Formula 1 cars will race in Las Vegas, in a very unique appointment on Saturday Night, somewhen in November. The race will be under the lights and it will be a city street circuit through the world wide famous Las Vegas Strip. The 3.8 mile (6.2km) circuit will see cars flash by Caesars Palace, Bellagio Fountain and Mandalay Bay, as well as the ball-shaped MSG Sphere, which is currently under construction and set for completion next year.
Priced at over $1.4M, the LaFerrari was limited to only 499 units worldwide. During its projecting and developing months the codename was “F150”. In Maranello, they produced several prototypes, the first of which was known as “M6”. Now the 2012 M6 is on sale. It will be auctioned at RM Sotheby’s upcoming Monaco sale in Monte Carlo on May 14th. Even though there is not yet an estimated price, this unique car is projected to fetch definitely more over a million dollars.
In a Saudi Arabia GP full of cars retired due to mechanical problems and accidents, Max Verstappen (Red Bull) conquered the first victory of this season. He overtook Leclerc (Ferrari) in the very last laps. 3rd, again on the podium, the other Ferrari with Carlos Sainz. Only 4th position for Checo Perez (Red Bull), who started first after the phenomenal pole position conquered on Saturday.
Still problems and struggles for Mercedes with Russell able anyway to sure a 5th place and Hamilton 10th, after starting from the 15th position.
Stefano Domenicali, Formula 1 CEO, told Martin Brundle during a Sky F1 interview that “not only Las Vegas, but there are also other cities interested in Formula 1. We need to be balanced, we need to see what are the other opportunities and very soon we are going to tell everyone what is our strategy to develop that market".
However, the boom in F1’s popularity in recent years has Liberty buoyant with optimism as this year Miami joins the Championship, with at least another Stateside venue on the cards (Las Vegas they say) and of course beyond the Americas, South Africa is itching for a return to the top flight and apparently, a host of wannabe Grand Prix hosts lining up for the privilege of hosting a race. The final result could be a calendar with a total of 30 races.
Charles Leclerc with Ferrari won the first 2022 F1 race in Bahrein. The race was an epic journey for the Ferrari team, able to maintain the first position conquered on Saturday with the Leclerc’s pole and finish the race with a 1st and 2nd place thanks to the also very good performance from Carlos Sainz. Third place for Lewis Hamilton with Mercedes. Out few laps from the finish both the Red Bulls. Fourth position for Russell (this year with Mercedes).
A good start also for the American team Haas (powered by Ferrari): Magnussen’s car arrived fifth. Good result also for Alfa Romeo (powered by Ferrari) with Bottas sixth. This first race showed many differences and potential among the different teams, especially considering the main three engines: Ferrari technology’s engines (Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Haas) Mercedes (Mercedes, Williams, McLaren, Aston Martin) and Red Bull (Red Bull, Alpha Tauri, after Honda left F1). Next week appointment in Jeddah.
Mecum is offering again a unique Ferrari. One car up now for auction is a stunning example of a Ferrari a 1967 275 GTB/4. This is a Ferrari Classiche certified example and the Mecum listing states that this car could go for an incredible $2,900,000 and perhaps as high as $3,200,000. Once owned by an Italian soccer player for Milan AC team it was sold in 1987 to long-time collector Albert Guggisberg after a period of time in the USA, the car moved to Switzerland.
It was then in the UK in 2011, and then returning to the United States in 2022. The car was Ferrari Classiche certified in 2013, and the car does indeed come with a certification red book.
It’s quite a "normal" 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti six speed with a not usual light blu color and almost 12,000 miles in its odometer. However its auction is on the news for the price that is reaching day after day. The car is offered in an online auction. The final day will be on March 21st. The car has already reached $180,000 in offer despite this model wasn’t one of the most successful from the Maranello factory.
After many years an American racer is again in the F1 paddock. Colton Herta was announced to be test driver for Formula One team McLaren as part of its 2022 program. Herta, only 22 year old, currently competes in IndyCar for Andretti Autosport. Michael and Mario Andretti both believe the second-generation racer (his father is Bryan Herta) is F1 material and would like to move him to the series should Michael Andretti land an F1 team.
In the meantime, McLaren will use him under new F1 regulations that allow teams to test 1-year-old cars under the “Testing of Previous Cars” provision.
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2022 F1 season is starting on Sunday 20th. Netflix just launched "Drive to Survive" and this week, on Friday, Official Race Practice will start in Bahrain. On Saturday and on Sunday (at 11 EDT) Qualifying and Race.
A Michael Schumacher F1 car is currently listed for sale on DuPont Registry by a private seller in Miami, Florida. The asking price is $4.9 million. This Ferrari F300 is the real car Schumacher drove in the 1998 Japanese Grand Prix, the final round of the championship that year. Before the very last race Schumacher was just four points behind Mika Häkkinen, and The German driver qualified on pole.
Unfortunately a lot if things went wrong during the final race: the engine went off during the formation lap and he was forced to start from the back of the grid. He managed to work his way, but before he could take the lead, he punctured a rear tire, and was forced to retire, missing the Championship.
The American F1 team Haas is looking for a new pilot and more sponsors for the incoming season starting immediately. The US owned racing squad nullified the contract with the Russian pilot Nikita Mazepin and the connected sponsor Uralkali, from Russia too. The outfit did not immediately announce a replacement to race alongside German Mick Schumacher, but team boss Guenther Steiner said last week Brazilian reserve Pietro Fittipaldi would get the "first call."
Fittipaldi stood in for Romain Grosjean at the 2020 Sakhir and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix after the Frenchman’s terrible crash.
The first F1 practice week for the 2022 championship season is done and the new F1 Ferrari cars looked competitive throughout all the Barcelona week and was singled out by many as the most promising of the teams. Ferrari was the only team to surpass the 400-lap marker for the week. The engineers now will work in Maranello to improve the car an correct all the flaws noticed in Barcelona. Next appointment is in Bahrain, in March the 10th.
After announcing the official request to be part of the F1 circuit with its own brand new team starting from 2024, Andretti family said that the team is pushing ahead with its F1 plans, which include an engine deal with Renault and a UK-based factory. In 2021, Andretti was in advanced talks with Sauber for Alfa Romeo F1 Team. The agreement fell down right before the American GP in Austin last October. Now the project to have another American team in F1 circuit seems to be more real than ever.
Experts and critics seem unanimously to agree. The new F1 racing car from Maranello, Ferrari F1-75, is among the most beautiful F1 cars of all times. The brand new red and black semi-matte’ livery looks completely different from the 2021 car and so are also different technical characteristics. From the long nose with the tip blended in the first element of the front wing to the elaborated suspensions and the sidepod apertures everything seems studied to give the Italian team stronger chances.
Michael Andretti is again trying be part of the Formula 1, this time with a brand new team, starting from 2024. Last year Andretti had a lot of discussions with Sauber’s owner about buying the Swiss organization that is currently racing in F1 under the Alfa Romeo banner. Then the agreement didn’t happen. Now he applied asking the FIA to add his own team to the actual F1 grid.
There are 10 teams on the F1 grid and space in the sporting regulations for 13 entrants. But the process to reach this result still seems to be very difficult.
Ferrari F1 team will reveal the new racing car, the F1-75, on Thursday, February the 17th, at 2 pm CET (8am EDT). The Italian team bounced back from their worst season in 40 years in 2020 to finish three places higher in third in the constructors’ championship last term. New recruit Sainz finished an impressive fifth in the drivers’ standings, having ended the year with a podium, with Leclerc 5.5 points behind in seventh. You can watch the presentation online in the Ferrari site.
The Hollywood star and lately know for “House of Gucci” actor Adam Driver will be Enzo Ferrari in the new biopic about the founder of the Prancing Horse company. Following the movie media, Driver will play the main character instead of Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale l, also considered for this role. According to the Hollywood media, Penelope Cruz and Shailene Woodley are also set to star in the Ferrari biopic, playing the roles of Ferrari's wife, Laura, and his longtime partner, Lina Lardi.
The official 2022 F1 season has begun. The American F1 Haas (with the pilots Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin) has been the first team on revealing its new 2022 car last Friday. Red Bull (Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez) will debut the new car on Wednesday, 9th February; Aston Martin (Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll) picked Thursday10th; McLaren (Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo) will revealed the new car on Friday, 11th; Alpha Tauri (Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda), February 14th;
Ferrari (Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc), February 17th; Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton and George Russell), February 18th; Alpine (Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon), February 21st; Alfa Romeo (Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou), February 27th. Only Williams (Nicholas Latifi and Alex Albon) hasn’t set a date yet. Some presentation (as the Haas one) will be virtual, others in significant venues, as Silverstone for Mercedes.
Ferrari Daytona SP3 has just been awarded with its first important international recognition. A jury of experts elected it as the most beautiful supercar of 2022, during a ceremony at the Paris Festival Automobile International. At the same time the Ferrari Daytona SP3 designer Flavio Manzoni received the “Grand Prize of Design”. “These two very important awards unequivocally testify to the quality and excellence achieved by the work of the Ferrari Style Center”: said the Maranello's company.
US soil could host a third F1 race starting from 2023 and it would mark the third American race on the F1 calendar. Austin, Texas, has hosted a race since 2012 and a new event in Miami is being added in 2022. It would be a comeback since it was a F1 race in Las Vegas between 1981 and 1984 known as the Caesars Palace Grand Prix. Last November, an F1 journalist reported that a proposed Las Vegas track would incorporate the Strip and pass the dancing fountains outside Bellagio Casino.
Now official talks and meetings are progressing between F1 executives and Nevada government representatives.
Helio Castroneves, driving Acura, (with Simon Pagenaud, Oliver Jarvis, and Tom Blanqvist) brought yesterday to the victory the Meyer Shank Racing Team winning the Daytona 24 Rolex in the major category, DPi. It came after 9 months from the other Castroneves and Meyer Shank Racing Team victory at the Indy 500 race. IndyCar driver Colton Herta won the LMP2 class with the DragonSpeed Usa Oreca team car. Felipe Fraga won the LMP3.
Some drama in the last lap in the GTD pro class with the Porsche team and the driver Jaminet able to pass the other Porsche car. Second place for the Ferrari team.
If you have enough room at home and you are dreaming about drive and race in F1 Ferrari car, Ebay has the right offer. This simulator is called the Ferrari F8 Formula 1, and it comes with much more than your run-of-the-mill sim setup. The listing price is slightly under $55,000. The offer recall the simulator is a 2021 product so also the technology seems to be very updated.
A precious and rare Ferrari Enzo coupé was destroyed in an accident this week in Netherlands, near to Utrecht. The car, owned by a local dealership, was traveling at high speed when the driver lost control and then crashed into a tree with the rear part. The car was valued at 3.5 million dollars (more than three million in euros), because of the high request. In the latest auctions around the world two similar cars were sold for 1.76 and 2.64 million euros.
The 2022 Washington, D.C. Auto Show will be open for ten days, from January 21 to January 30, 2022, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Along with the engineering prowess on display among the more than 600 new models from over 35 manufacturers, the show also features VIP tours led by award-winning automotive writers and a special exhibit area for live painting of “art” cars.
The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will require all show guests age 12 and older to show proof of vaccination and corresponding ID to enter. This is in addition to the District of Columbia’s requirement to wear a mask while inside the convention center.
Bryan Events' List is ready for 2022. Many events show that, after two difficult years of cancellations and reschedules, this year F1, Auction Companies, Private Organizers, Car Events, and Ferrari Club, return to a quite busy calendar... and some more events will be added! At the end of this week the Washington, D.C. Auto Show will start; just after this there will be Scottsdale, with many car auctions. Read Bryan Events' List, choose your favorite event and ... Let's go!!!
Cem Bolukbasi, whose earlier career was dominated by e-sports, is getting an F2 drive for 2022 with Charouz Racing System. Someone wrote he transitioned from videos games to real races. Somehow it’s true even if the young racer started out karting, then he made the unconventional move of going digital, joining G2 Esports FA Racing, the Fernando Alonso - affiliated team, and also wore Toro Rosso in F1 Esports for three years from 2017 through 2019.
He then ran with Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport in its European GT4 efforts, finishing second in the Pro-Am championship in 2020. He then tested F2 with VAR at Abu Dhabi last year and the rest is history.
World famous car expert and collector Michael Fux is now selling his pretty new 2021 Ferrari SF90 Stradale at Kissimmee Mecum Auctions event running until January 16th. This SF90 Stradale is completely different from all others thanks to its color. This Ferrari is finished in a shade dubbed Extracampionario White and also sports Scuderia Shields on the front fenders. The car’s odometer reveals the car has just 57 miles. The estimates show that it will sell for between $950,000 and $1.1 million.
Big Silicon company Apple is working on a big Formula 1 movie with the two-time Oscar winner Brad Pitt. The project is following the huge interest in US for F1 races, thanks also to the Netflix's tv show Drive to Survive. While Hollywood star Pitt has already been confirmed in the leading role for the as-yet-untitled project, seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton has also been linked with a role in the movie. Already in 2019 the British driver told that he was more than open to this possibility.
The new year will set a completely new era for the F1 circuit. The new rules foresee a new body car, a partially new engine, a new budget cap for the maximum expenses, and new races. The new-for-2022 car will feature a ground-effect floor, simplified front wing and endplate, a prescriptively-shaped rear wing, brand new wheels with18-inch Pirelli tires.
A Ferrari F50s, which was the 144th sample between 1995 and 1997 to leave Maranello's factory, Italy, has just been listed for private sale at RM Sotheby’s for €3.6 million (approximately $4 million). The car, now in Belgium, has only 4,491 miles. Under the hood, it was fitted with a 4.7-liter V-12 derived from the 3.5-liter V-12 that Ferrari used in F1 a few years prior. It is capable of 513 horses and 347 ft lbs of twist to propel the F50 from 0 to 60 in just 3.6 seconds. Top speed: 202 mph.
Minimum weight of this year’s cars will increase by 43kg. F1 cars will also use fuels containing 10% advanced sustainable ethanol as part of the world championship’s plan to introduce sustainable fuels. Last but not least, the first-ever Miami Grand Prix will take place in early May at the newly-built Miami International Autodrome, with the circuit located around the Hard Rock Stadium.
Five over ten cars sold through the top and best auctions in 2021 were Ferrari. For the classic cars lovers maybe it’s not a secret, but the Prancing Horse cars literally dominated the auctions in this year about setting also a remarkable amount of value. Even though the most pricey car sold this year was a 1995 McLaren F1 ($20,465,000, Gooding&Co, Pebble Beach), the sane company eas able to sell a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione for $10,840,000.
Other Ferrari Cars sold in record auctions this year: a 1963 Ferrari 268 SP ($7,705,000); a 1966 Ferrari GTB Competizione (same price as the 268); a 1955 Ferrari 250 Berlinetta Competizione ($6,691,633); and a 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta Tour de France ($6,000,000)
Mick Schumacher, son of the legendary Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher, will be the new reserve driver for the Ferrari F1 team in the next season and at the same time he will keep his role as first driver at Haas. The 22-year-old, who made his Formula 1 debut this year, will share the role with Antonio Giovinazzi. The former Alfa Romeo driver will be unable to attend several rounds on the 23-race 2022 F1 race calendar due to his clashing commitments in Formula E.
January means car auctions and in particular car auctions in Scottsdale, Arizona. The 16th annual edition will take place from Saturday January the 22nd till Sunday the 30th. All the major auction companies will be there for a nine day long event between previews and open auctions. Last year the different companies sold the 98% of the cars offered with an average sold price equal to more than $124,000.
In the past years the record was, i.e. 2016, for a 1937 Mercedes Benz 540k special roadster sold for $9,900,000. The year before, 2015, the record was about a 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spyder sold for $8,800,000.
The motorsports world picked the first non European president to lead the FIA. Mohammed Ben Sulayem from the United Arab Emirates was elected president of the FIA. The former rally driver succeeds Jean Todt who led for twelve years the motorsports' governing body. Sulayem defeated the FIA deputy vice-president Graham Stoker with a 61.6% vote.
As one of the Arab world's leading motor sport figures, Sulayem enjoyed a rallying career that spanned three decades, during which the 60-year-old won 14 FIA Middle East Rally Championship titles.
Hamilton’s second place in Abu Dhabi F1 race gave the Mercedes the 8.th F1 Constructors’ title in 8 straight years, forcing the Red Bull to stop 28 points behind. Third place for the Ferrari team, thanks also to a great third place in Abu Dhabi, from Carlos Sainz, the new Spanish Prancing Horse driver. Fourth place for the McLaren team. McLaren this year seemed for a while to be the real third team of the F1 circuit behind Mercedes and Red Bull.
However Ferrari thanks a superior consistency from Leclerc and especially Sainz, and general improvements step by step, marked at end precious points to secure this third position (that was the goal in 2021, after the terrible previous season).
After another crazy F1 race, Verstappen (Red Bull) won the Abu Dhabi GP, conquering the 2021 F1 Championship title. The race was all about the duel between Verstappen and Hamilton (Mercedes), who ended up second. Hamilton started passing immediately Verstappen, who was starting in pole. After a couple of turns, Verstappen was able to pass Hamilton pushing him outside and forcing the British driver to cut the turn outside the circuit and ending before the Dutch.
The gap between the Mercedes car and Red Bull was considerate in a way that Fia decided to not investigate and to permit Hamilton to stay in front. Only at the very end of the race, Verstappen was able to pass Hamilton, thanks an accident and the safety car deployment and a better Pit Stop strategy. Third place for Sainz (Ferrari).
After many tests using an entire camouflage cover, in the last week many specialized magazines reported that the Ferrari Purosangue has been spotted testing, this time with a production-bound body. Purists seem to be concerned about the new body of this well anticipated car, but this is just a tester version. The new Ferrari will be a real competitor of Lamborghini Urus and Aston Martin DBX, but also for a Bentley Bentayga and the Roll Royce Cullinan. The wait will be over in 2023.
After nine months of Championship, 21 races and tens of podium conquered, the F1 new champion will be decided by the next and final race of the year in Abu Dhabi, next Sunday. Verstappen (Red Bull) and Hamilton (Mercedes) have now both 369.5 points. The race in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) had been crazy as expected given the very narrow circuit. Many cars didn’t finish the race.
At the end Hamilton was able to win the race thanks to a different strategy about the tires and some errors from the Dutch able to pass the British twice but not able to keep the leading position. Behind them, Bottas (Mercedes) protagonist in a great duel with Ocon (Alpine). Verstappen received a double penalty for passing Hamilton outside the track and for driving erratically while he had to give the first position back to Hamilton.
